“This chocolate sheet cake is made with coffee and sour cream. Included is a recipe for frosting which should be spread on the cake while it is still very warm. It is VERY rich. My daughter encouraged me to submit the recipe on-line. Hope you like it as much as we do.”

Couldn't find the recipe I've used for years for a texas sheet cake - I'm glad cause this is waaaay better than the one I had! Very moist (the sour cream?) and I thought a great texture. Used new dark chocolate cocoa and instant coffee crystals in hot water - easy, easy, easy. Took to a big pot luck; lot of chocolate things and this was the only one that disappeared, despite being the largest pan. Try it - you'll like it!

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I slowly simmered both the frosting and cocoa/coffee till a gentle boil. Then immediatly removed from the burner. Both the cake and frosting were perfect and the best chocolate cake I've made to date. The frosting is especially good as was the cake. I halved this recipe, to sample it, but will double it next time!

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Wow, this was good. I used a pan slightly larger than 13 x 9 and it worked well. One comment on the icing. I had to add quite a bit more milk for the right consistency. I put in the 6 Tbsp. and then ended up pouring more in from the container. I would guess it was at least another 6 Tbsp. I recommend just adding the milk in, stirring, until you get a nice spreadable consistency. I left the pecans out until after I spread the icing over the cake. Then just sprinkled pecans over half so my son who doesn't like nuts could enjoy it that way. LOVED IT!!!

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I loved this recipe! It was exactly the one I was searching for. A friend from a former job always made it and I never got the recipe from her. She did not want to give it out. So, I found this one and it sounded similar - all I had to go on was Texas Sheet Cake with coffee in the recipe. I loved it! It was a tad time consuming to make but worth it! Will make it again!

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This was a fabulous cake that I took to a 4th of July bbq. It was incredibly simple. Very moist and rich without being sickly sweet. Two ladies stopped me at the door and asked me to bring 2 cakes next time!

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My Aunt Tinie, a lifelong Okie, passed away a couple years ago, and no one in the family has been able to give me her chocolate sheet cake recipe (though I DID inherit her sewing machine). I remember well going down to visit her and Uncle Homer... She almost always made a cake like this. I remembered hers having a slight tinge of cinnamon, so I added about 3/4 of a teaspoon to the recipe. It tastes almost spot-on. It baked perfectly in my oven and is so rich and moist... I brought a piece to work with me this morning for breakfast! (Last night, while it was still warm, I served it up with a scoop of coffee flavored ice cream.) Delicious! Delicious! Delicious! I couldn't be more pleased. Thanks for submitting this, Sister!

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this was very good. The cake is very light, not an overpowering chocolate, so even with the fudge icing it is not too much chocolate. You do have to watch the icing though, I agree with an earlier reviewer who mentioned removing from heat when it is smooth and not quite boiling. If you let it boil the texture becomes grainy. I added the pecans on top of the warm icing so I could leave half of the cake without nuts for those who prefer it that way.

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What a wonderfuklly easy and delcious cake! I's just like my Grandma's who just passed away this summer...I have searched her books and files from top to bottom for her version but to no avail! Thanks for bringing some great memories back to me.